Test Bank For Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional 2nd Edition VanMeter Questions and Answers| All Chapters 1-25 | Latest Version.

Test Bank For Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional 2nd Edition VanMeter Questions and Answers| All Chapters 1-25 | Latest Version. Chapter 01: Scope of Microbiology VanMeter: Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional, 2nd Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In the sixteenth century a father-and-son team, by the name of , produced a compound microscope consisting of a simple tube with lenses at each end. a. van Leeuwenhoek b. Semmelweis c. Janssen d. Hooke ANS: C REF: p. 3 2. “Animalcules” were first described by a. Robert Hooke. b. Antony van Leeuwenhoek. c. Hans Janssen. d. John Needham. ANS: B REF: p. 3 3. Micrographia, a publication illustrating insects, sponges, as well as plant cells, was published by a. Robert Hooke. b. Antony van Leeuwenhoek. c. Hans Janssen. d. John Needham. ANS: A REF: p. 3 4. Low-Power Microscopes designed for observing fairly large objects such as insects or worms are? a. electron microscopes. b. dark-field microscopes. c. fluorescence microscopes. d. stereomicroscopes. ANS: D REF: p. 5 5. A microscope that provides a three-dimensional image of a specimen is a a. dark-field microscope. b. transmission electron microscope. c. bright-field microscope. d. scanning electron microscope. ANS: D REF: p. 7 6. The tool of choice to observe living micro-organisms is the a. bright-field microscope. b. phase-contrast microscope. c. fluorescence microscope. d. electron microscope. ANS: B REF: p. 6 7. Which scientist is most responsible for ending the controversy about spontaneous generation? a. John Needham b. Joseph Lister c. Louis Pasteur d. Robert Koch ANS: C REF: p. 8 8. Fossils of prokaryotes go back billion years. a. 4.0 to 5.0 b. 3.5 to 4.0 c. 2.5 to 3.0 d. 2.2 to 2.7 ANS: B REF: p. 9 9. Molds belong to which of the following groups of eukaryotic organisms? a. Protozoans b. Archaea c. Fungi d. Algae ANS: C REF: p. 11 10. The correct descending order of taxonomic categories is a. species, domain, phylum, kingdom, order, division, class, genus. b. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species. c. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. d. kingdom, domain, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species. ANS: C REF: p. 10 11. Complex communities of microorganisms on surfaces are called a. colonies. b. biofilms. c. biospheres. d. flora. ANS: B REF: p. 12 12. A relationship between organisms in which the waste product of one provides nutrients for another is called a. mutualism. b. competition. c. synergism. d. commensalism. ANS: D REF: p. 12 Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional 2nd Edition VanMeter Test Bank 13. Which of the following sites of the human body does not have a normal flora? a. Intestine b. Skin c. Vagina d. Blood ANS: D REF: p. 12 14. Which of the following lack nucleic acids? a. Archaea b. Viruses c. Prions d. Bacteria ANS: C REF: p. 11 15. The binominal system of nomenclature was originally developed by a. Pasteur. b. Linnaeus. c. Martini. d. Jenner. ANS: B REF: p. 11 16. Which of the following scientists performed the first vaccination against smallpox? a. Pasteur b. Jenner c. Semmelweis d. Koch ANS: B REF: p. 9 17. Which of the following diseases is generally caused by contaminated food? a. Mumps b. Shigellosis c. Legionellosis d. Tuberculosis ANS: B REF: p. 13 18. Which of the following diseases is transmitted via aerosols? a. Psittacosis b. Shigellosis c. Leptospirosis d. Giardiasis ANS: A REF: p. 14 19. Which of the following organisms is used in the production of cheese? a. Propionibacterium shermanii b. Acetobacter aceti c. Giardia d. Fusobacterium ANS: A REF: p. 14 20. Which of the following scientists discovered the antibiotic properties of Penicillium? a. Alexander Fleming b. Louis Pasteur c. Joseph Lister d. Edward Jenner ANS: A REF: p. 15 COMPLETION 1. In a compound light microscope the lens closest to the eye is the lens. ANS: ocular REF: p. 3 2. The total magnification of an object viewed with a compound microscope with an ocular lens of 10 and an objective lens of 40 is  . ANS: 400 REF: p. 4 3. Another term for spontaneous generation is . ANS: abiogenesis REF: p. 7 4. Microorganisms of various species are often organized into complex communities on a surface and are called . ANS: biofilms REF: p. 12 5. All bacteria are cells. ANS: prokaryotic REF: p. 10 6. Cells that contain a nucleus are cells. ANS: eukaryotic REF: p. 10 Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional 2nd Edition VanMeter Test Bank 7. The taxonomic resource for information on bacteria is . ANS: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology REF: p. 11 8. A relationship in which two organisms benefit is referred to as . ANS: mutualism REF: p. 12 9. ANS: prions REF: p. 11 10. The cleanup of various industrial wastes by living organisms is referred to as . ANS: bioremediation.